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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Making more room in the garage ? Or more places to put stuff.

The Beginning of The Shed

It is quite possible I am a hoarder. As long as Krissy's car can fit in the garage then the rest of the space is mine right? Wrong! It turns out the whats mine is mine and whats yours is mine rule still applies. I have a mess to clean up. With the work that I do, I often take apart many homes and am told to just throw things away. I have a hard time throwing away stuff that I find may be useful. With that I will show you how I built a $10,000 shed for a fraction of the cost. On this house that we were chasing dry rot and redoing decks, windows, doors and cedar siding; we removed about 2200 sqft of redwood. This redwood came home with me. Along with some cedar beams and other random wood.

I checked with the county before I began to make sure I stayed with in the limit of square footage to insure that I didn't need a permit. That Square footage is 200 sqft. I went 12x16 on my shed which equals 198 sqft. I then checked with all zoning laws for my area to make sure the shed was in compliance. 3' from each lot line.After confirmation I Ran some string lines, set level lines, and found square. I then set all my foundation blocks. the lot has a slight slope so you can see where my depths change on the blocks.

I took the redwood and cut them to length. I framed the entire floor out of the redwood. Since it is so close to the ground and it was free. What better wood to use than one that is used commonly in the weather.

With it all level and set I then Had to purchase some 3/4 Tongue and groove plywood. (no pic) I'm lame I know. I sheeted the entire floor. Snapped lines for the walls and started framing the walls. I had decided to build rake walls. instead of building trusses. I didn't have any studs so that was the next thing I had to buy. I built a beam pocket into each rake wall to support my salvaged beam. This beam came off another project where we had replaced a bunch of cedar beams and it had a curve cut into the bottom. If you look close you can see it.

I framed the roof on a 8/12 pitch with 2 x 6's I had lying around at two foot on center. I had originally drawn a dormer and liked the look so I built another rake wall just short enough to give me the required 2/12 slope as required by code for shingles.

I salvaged some windows and doors from that same project I mentioned before. This is where the big savings came from. The french doors that I used need some adjustment and had some weathering. I t also needed a new support under the threshold. With some work I was able to recondition them. The replacement we bought for the house was $5500. Jeld-wen aluminum clad high efficiency doors. The windows were another $2000. If the doors look familiar I had quite a few sets. I took the fixed panel of some of those and made a barn door Click Here for my bathroom.

I have left over Hardi panel and shingles from another project. Coming up next I will install the Hardi and get it roofed. I will be doing all copper flashing (salvaged from a job) and paint. Stay tuned for part 2 and maybe a part three.

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About Me

I am a contractor based in the Salt Lake Area. I have been working in
the business since 1998. I started by just framing houses. I learned a
lot just from building the structures and being around all the other
trades. In 2005 my company was hired to frame a hotel in Denali, Alaska
for princess cruise lines. They liked us so much that we were hired
directly to finish out the project. I then returned home and began
building homes from the ground up. I would try to hire things out but I
was on a budget so if I couldn't get the prices I needed then I would
just do it myself and pay the allowable amount. This was where I started
learning how to do many things.

The market as everybody knows took a down turn end of 2007 into
2008. I had multiple properties on the market and took a big hit. I then
turned my focus from new construction to doing remodels. Many people
were putting apartments in their basements to accommodate family members
who had taken a hit from the recession. I was able to find frugal ways
to fix things up and also give it that elegant feel that so many of us
want.

I have kept to myself doing these fix and flips but I feel that maybe I
have something to offer the general public. I am a licensed and insured
contractor. I have also been really active in real estate. I got my
real estate license in 2002. I have a passion for both.

My greatest passion is buying homes that definitely need love. I take
these and I use my strong design sense to create something that is
unique. I consider my designs to be an expression of self as well as
art. I take pride in my work and love when it is appreciated.

I feel everyone likes to be unique. You can own a track home in a
developed neighborhood and still be unique. You can have that "
something no one else has" it just takes creativity and vision.

I don't claim to be a writer, and I am new to this blog thing so bear with me as I work through this new adventure.